HBA-SEP, CBW H.B. 609 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 609
By: Hochberg
State Affairs
2/21/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires a state agency that has an annual operating budget
that exceeds $10 million, a staff of more than 300 employees, or receives
and processes cash items in excess of $10 million annually, to appoint an
internal auditor.  This excludes smaller agencies that may be able to
improve performance by identifying problems through an internal audit.
House Bill 609 extends the internal audit requirement to all state
agencies.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 609 amends the Government Code to make the Texas Internal
Auditing Act applicable to all state agencies.  The bill requires all state
agencies that become subject to the Texas Internal Auditing Act to appoint
an internal auditor by January 1, 2002, and to begin submitting an annual
report by October 31, 2002.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.